On 9/1/2011 10:08 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:

Kevlar's elastic modulus in tension is extraordinary -- for Kevlar 49, it's
on the order of steel. But rope is more commonly made of Kevlar 29, which
has a little more than half of the modulus of Kevlar 49.

The "constant load" issue is a combination of elastic modulus and creep. It
will creep, but not very much.

Here are some useful comparisons of Kevlar, Spectra (polyethylene) and
steel. They're worth reading if you're going to do anything that's
load-bearing with either of those synthetics:

http://www.xmission.com/~tmoyer/test...ength_Cord.pdf

http://www.unols.org/publications/wi...iber_ropes.pdf


It took a while but I finally found a description of that "Hood Splice".
Yowsa...
And I thought splicing double braid was messy!